Bouquet



(No Model.)

S. O. PR'EDSON. BOUQUET HOLDER.

Patented June 14, 1898.

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is a specification. r Y 7 This invention relates to bouquet-holdersBOUQU T HOL ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,605,543, dated June'14,1898. Q I A pli ation filed Novemher 10,1897. Serial N0. 6 58,085. GTOmodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL CARL FRED- sON, a subject of the King of.Denmarlgresiding at Woosung, in the county of Ogle and State ofIllinois, have invented anew and useful Bouquet-Holder, of which thefollowing especially designed for attachment to a bi.- cycle, its objectbeing to provide an efficient and simple device of this characteradapted to be detachably'oonnected to a bicycleand carrying pads ofabsorbent material, between which the stems of the flowers are clamped.

With these objects in view the invention consistsof the several detailsof construction and combinationof parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed ,and particularly pointed out in the claims. m

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a bicycle, showing myimproved bouquet-holder in position on the handle-bar.v Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the holder and clamp, the holder being open. Fig. 3is a sectional detail showing the manner of connecting the clamp to oneof the sections of I gether the two sections will form a tube.

the holder. Fig- 4 is a bottom plan view of the holder, the clamp beingin a position to be secured to a vertically-disposed support. Fig. 5 isa sectionaldetail of the locking device at the upper end of thesections.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the severalfigures.

' The bouquet-holder is formed of two opposing trough-shaped sections,(indicated by 1 and 2, respectively,) the edges of one sectionoverlapping the edges of the other section, as best shown in Fig; 43,and when secured to- As shown in the drawings, the holder is rectangularin cross-section but it may have other crosssectional form, as will bereadily understood. The sections will preferably be formed of sheetspring metal and be hinged together at their lower ends, preferably on apin 3, which extends across the holder. Instead of a pin two rivets maybe used for this purpose; but the pin is preferable, as it serves alsoto support the lower ends of the absorbent pads 4, one of which isloosely seated in each section.

Small tongues 5 are struck out from the edges of one section, and thesetongues are adapted to'fit in openings cl in the edges of the othersection and detachably lock the upper ends ofythe sections together.These locking devices .can be easily disconnected by pressingtheedge'sof the section which are inside the edges of the' other section towardeach other, as will be readily understood, and it will be immaterialwhether the tongues are on the inner or the outer edges. Preferablyaboss 7 will be secured on the inner face of one section near its centerand be provided with a threaded opening 8 for the the handle-bar or thefork-stem of a bicycle,

and straightfend portions which have openingsfor the reception of theclamping-screws 12, the openings'in thelsection j10-being threaded. Itis obvious that the two sections may be hinged together at one end, ifpreferred, and only one clamping-screw be employed. The curved portionof the section 10 is depressed or offset to form a fiat bearing-surfacev(indicated by 13) and is perforated for the passage of the screw 9. Thehead of the screw 9 Will be wholly Within the depression and will notinterfere with or be in contact with the cylindrical support. A washer14,0f rubber or yielding material, is interposed between thebearing-surface 13 andthe holder, and when the screw 9 is set up tightwill prevent the holder from turning on the clamp, or vice versa; but byloosening the screw 9 it is obvious that the clamp may be turned on thescrew to adjust it for at tachment to either a vertically disposed suptoinsert a bouquet into the holder, the edges of the section which areinside will be pressed toward each other slightly to disengage thelocking devices, and the holder can then be opened, as indicated in Fig.3, after which 1 forming ayielding clamp for the stems of the the stemsof the flowers can be. put in position and the holder closed, which willhave the effect of clamping the stems between the absorbent pads,whichlatter will form a yielding support for the stems, it being of courseunderstood that the pads will have been previously moistened. In thismanner the flowers can be kept in a fresh condition for a considerablelength of time.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and theminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A bouquet-holderformed of two opposing trough-shaped sections arranged to clamppositively the stems of flowers, the edges of which sections overlapeach other and are hinged together at their lower ends and provided withinterlocking devices at their upper ends, said sections forming a tubewhen locked together, and a pad of absorbent material supported in eachsection, said pads forming a yielding clamp for the stems of theflowers, substantially as described.

2. A bouquet-holder formed of two opposing trough-shaped sections formedof spring sheet metal and arranged to clamp positively the stems offlowers, the edges of which sections overlap each other and are hingedtogether at their-lower ends, and provided with interlocking devices attheir upper ends adapted to be sprung into or out of engagement, saidsections forming a tube when locked together, and a pad of absorbentmaterial supported in each section, said pads flowers, substantially asdescribed.

3. A bouquet-holder formed of two opposing trough-shaped sections, theedges of which overlap each other and are hinged together at their lowerends and provided with interlocking devices at their upper ends, saidsections forming a tube when locked together, and a pad of absorbentmaterial supported in each section, said pads forming a yielding clampfor the stems of the flowers, combined with a clamp adjustably connectedto one of the sections of said holder, substantially as described.

4-. A bouquet-holder comprising two substantially trough-shaped.sections closed at their lower ends and hinged together at that point atthe inner edges of the sections, said sections being adapted to swingapart and capable of positively clamping the stems of the flowers,substantially as described.

5. A bouquet-holder comprising two substantially trough-shaped sectionshinged together at their lower ends adjacent to their inner edges andadapted to swing apart, and the absorbent pads mounted within thetrough-shaped sections and adapted to engage the stems of flowers,whereby the latter are supplied with moisture and a yielding engagementis effected, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto al'flxedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL CARL FRICDSON.

\Vitnesses:

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